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Village Oven Bakes Again

We get most of our heat and light from electricity. The problem is,
electricity can be expensive!
我們的熱能以及光都是靠電力。但是電費很貴喔！

Thousands of years ago, in England, owning an oven was expensive too. Most
people didn't have one in their home.
好幾千年以前，大多數的英國人家裡沒有窯，因為窯太貴了。

Instead of lots of little ovens, most villages had just one that was really
big. They called it the 'village oven'. The baker would use it first. Then,
while the oven was still warm, everyone else could use it too!
當時村莊裡面會有一座共用的窯。烘焙師傅先用，他烤完之後，其他的村民也趁熱去使用。

Last year, a baker in England decided to bring the village oven back! He
wanted to help people pay their electric bills, so he opened up his huge
kitchen for everyone to use, and even offered to cook some things for free!
去年有一個英國的烘焙師傅，他想幫大家省電費，所以恢復了這個傳統。他讓大家用他的廚房，還免費烤東西給大家吃！

They call him Baker Ed. He's helped people in his town lots of times before.
He's held free cookery classes and free kid's clubs. And when it's cold he
lets people use the heat of his oven to keep warm!
大家叫他 Ed
師傅。他以前也常常幫助他的村莊。他會開免費的烘焙課，還有小孩的社團！很冷的時候，他也會讓大家在他的烤箱旁邊取暖！

His neighbors and friends think he is doing an amazing thing, helping people
to eat and keep warm while electricity is so expensive. Bravo Baker Ed!
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Vocabulary
英國的麵包師傅，把自己的大烤箱開放給他人使用，暖胃又暖心。

1. cook 烹飪。
It's so cold here! 這裡好冷喔!
You have to cook something, Paz! Anything.
你一定得煮一點兒東西，派絲，什麼都好。

2. oven 烤箱。
Okay, let me bake some cookies and bread in the oven.
好吧，我來用烤箱烤一些餅乾和麵包。
Great idea! 好主意!
Let's fire up the oven now. 我們現在就把烤箱熱起來。

3. kitchen 廚房。
Not so fast.不要這麼快。
I need to prepare the stuff first. 我需要先準備材料。
Would you like to help me in the kitchen? 你可以來廚房幫我嗎?
I'd be happy to. 我很樂意。

4. warm 溫暖的。
Finally, I'm feeling warm! 我終於覺得暖和了。
Can you smell that? It's our bread baking. 你聞得出來嗎?我們的麵包正在烤。
I love warm bread! 我愛熱麵包!

記得多多使用這些單字!

cook烹飪
oven烤箱
kitchen廚房
warm溫暖的
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Quiz
1. What can fire not do?
A: Light our homes
B: Keep us tall
C: Cook our food

2. Where did they use village ovens thousands of years ago?
A: England
B: Finland
C: Legoland

3. What do they call the kind baker in this story?
A: Baker Jed
B: Baker Ed
C: Baker Ted

Answers
1. B
2. A
3. B

 

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Charity Shop Finds Mystery Card

Today is Valentine's Day! A day for love. Some people love chocolate, they
want to eat it all the time! Some people love their pets… but they don't
want to eat them!
愛有很多種，有人愛巧克力，有人愛寵物。

Some people love helping others. A great way to do that is to donate. That
means giving your stuff away for free.
還有人愛幫助別人。這些人會去捐東西。

Charity shops are where you can donate your stuff. They sell it, and use the
money to help good causes.
你可以把東西捐給慈善商店。他們會把東西賣掉，用賺來的錢幫助其他人。

In the UK, someone donated an old bag full of stuff to a charity shop. They
found a mystery Valentine's Day card!
在英國，有一個人捐了滿滿一袋東西給慈善商店，結果他們找到一個神秘的情人節卡片！

In the card was a beautiful poem, and a photo of a woman and her three
children. The end of the poem says: "From the person that loves you more than
anything else in the world". Awwww!
卡片上面有一首詩，還有一個媽媽跟三個小孩的一張照片。詩的結尾寫說：「愛你勝過一切的人敬上」。

The card was written for the woman in the photo, but no-one knows who she is!
這張卡是給照片裡面的媽媽的，但沒有人認識他。

The photo is black and white, so they know the card must be very old. It will
be hard to find the woman, or her family. But it will make her so happy to
see the card again!
因為照片是黑白的，所以一定是很久以前的，要找到人應該很難，但如果她真的收到了，一定會很開心！

The things we do for love…
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Vocabulary
一張表達深刻愛情的卡片，讓人想追尋它的故事。

1. woman 女子
There's an old woman standing there with a bag in her hand.
有一個老婦人站在那兒，手裡拿著個包包。
Hmmm, do you think she needs help? 你覺得她需要幫忙嗎？

2. donate 捐獻
I don't know. 不知道。
Maybe we can donate some food to her. 也許我們可以捐一點食物給她。
Donating food? 捐食物嗎？
What if she's not hungry? 要是她不餓怎麼辦？

3. give 給予
Then we can give her something else. 那我們就給她別的東西。
Well, you'd better ask her what she needs. 你最好問問她需要什麼。

4. sell 賣
She's just hoping to sell the bag! 她只是想把包包賣掉。
She made many different ones. 她做了很多個不同的包。
Wow, silly us! 哇，我們真傻。

你有捐獻過什麼東西嗎？
woman 女子
donate 捐獻
give 給予
sell 賣
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Quiz

1. What word means to give your stuff away for free to help people?
A: Donut
B: Donate
C: Debate

2. Where can you go to give away your old stuff?
A: Clarity stops
B: Hilarity pops
C: Charity shops

3. What color was the photo in the card?
A: Black and blue
B: Black and white
C: Blue and white

Answers
1. B
2. C
3. B
 

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Taiwan Ranked Happiest Country in East Asia

Voice: 你好！

Narrator: Good morning! That woman is so happy! Hmmm... How happy is everyone
in Taiwan?

There is a big group of countries. It is called the United Nations. Some
people call the United Nations "the UN".
United Nations 聯合國，它是一個由很多國家組成的組織，英文縮寫是 "UN"。

The UN makes a list. It shows how happy countries are. This list is the
"World Happiness Report".

The UN makes the list every year. It takes a long time. The list is not easy
to make. The UN has to be fair.
聯合國每一年都會製作一份「世界幸福報告」，看看每個國家的人有多幸福。

The UN looks at many things. Do people feel good? Do they have a family? Do
they have friends? Do people have jobs? Do they have money? Do they feel
free? Can people get help? Do they think their country is good?
這份報告是看人們開不開心、有沒有家庭或是朋友、有沒有工作和金錢、是否覺得很自由、能夠獲得協助，還有是否認為自己的國家很棒。

This year's World Happiness Report lists 137 countries.

The report says Taiwan is the happiest country in East Asia! The three
happiest countries in East Asia are Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea.
137個國家排名下來，東亞第一名是台灣！前三名是台灣、日本，還有南韓。

Finland is the happiest country in the world. Finland has been the happiest
country for six years!
芬蘭已經連續六年蟬聯全世界最幸福的國家！

The three happiest countries in the world are Finland, Denmark, and Iceland.
They are in Europe.
世界前三名就是芬蘭、丹麥，還有冰島，這三個國家都在北歐。

Which country will be the happiest next year? Good luck, Taiwan! We can do it!
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Vocabulary
聯合國的報告說，台灣是個幸福國家。

1. feel 感覺
This is something I really don't understand. 這我就真的不懂了。
What? 是什麼？
Why do people in Finland feel happy? 為什麼芬蘭人會覺得快樂？
Why not? 為什麼不？

2. country 國家
It's a northern country. 它是個北方國家。
It's so cold and dark there! 那兒又冷又陰暗！
Winter lasts five months in Finland. 芬蘭的冬季有五個月。

3. family 家人
Maybe it's because they have a loving family and many friends.
也許是因為他們有親愛的家人和很多朋友。
Family and friends are important, I know. 我知道家人朋友很重要。

4. look at 看著
But so is sunshine. 但是陽光也很重要。
I guess people can look at the sun online. 我想大家可以上網看太陽。

你的日子過得好不好呢？來讀單字。
feel 感覺
country 國家
family 家人
look at 看著
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Quiz

1. What is another name for "the UN"?
A: The Unity Nations
B: The Union Nations
C: The United Nations

2. How many countries are in this year's report?
A: 137
B: 37
C: 107

3. What is the happiest country in the world?
A: Iceland
B: Finland
C: Taiwan

Answers
1. C
2. A
3. B
 

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Cook Makes Cricket Ice Cream

I'm at an ice cream shop. I want one small scoop of ice cream. There are many
flavors! There's chocolate… strawberry… vanilla…

WAIT! What is that?! Crickets?! In ice cream?!
我在冰淇淋店裡面，有好多種口味可以選，有巧克力、草莓，還有... 蟋蟀？

That's right! That's a strange flavor.

Thomas is a cook. He makes strange ice cream flavors. He made liver sausage
and cheese ice cream! One time, Thomas put gold on ice cream! It was 130 NT
dollars for one scoop!
Thomas
是個廚師。他做過很多奇怪口味的冰淇淋，像是豬肝香腸口味跟起司口味。還有一次
Thomas 把黃金放在冰淇淋上，一球要 130 元台幣！

Now he makes cricket ice cream!

How does Thomas make this strange ice cream? He uses cream, vanilla, honey,
and flour. Flour is in cookies and noodles too. But this flour is cricket
flour. You can't see these crickets.
這款冰淇淋是用奶油、香草、蜂蜜，跟麵粉做的。做餅乾跟麵條也會用到麵粉。但是這款冰淇淋用的麵粉是蟋蟀麵粉，你看不到裡面的蟋蟀。

Thomas also puts dried crickets on each scoop. You can see these crickets.
Yummy…
但Thomas也會在每一球冰淇淋上放一隻蟋蟀乾，你可以吃掉牠！

Some people don't like his cricket ice cream. They think it looks nasty! But
Thomas says most people love it!
有一些人不喜歡，不想吃蟋蟀冰淇淋，但 Thomas 說很多人都很愛。

What do you think? Would you eat cri… Ah! It's in my hair! Get it off me!
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Vocabulary
冰淇淋口味千變萬化，連蟋蟀都可以包括進去。

1. chocolate 巧克力
Have you tried the new ice cream place over there? 你去過那裡的冰淇淋店嗎？
No, is it good? 沒有，好吃嗎？
Yeah, their chocolate ice cream is unbelievable!
好吃，他們的巧克力冰淇淋好到讓人不敢置信！

2. flavor 味道
But my favorite flavor is vanilla. 但是我最喜歡的味道是香草。
They have that, too. 他們也有。
Vanilla with honey. 香草加蜂蜜。

3. strange 奇怪的
That sounds a little strange. 聽起來有一點兒奇怪。
Maybe, but I heard it's very good. 也許吧，不過我聽說很好吃。

4. noodle 麵條
I'm in the mood for some noodles, though. 不過我現在想吃麵。
Great idea! Who wants ice cream on a rainy day? 好主意! 誰要下雨天吃冰淇淋？

你愛吃冰淇淋嗎？
chocolate 巧克力
flavor 味道
strange 奇怪的
noodle 麵條
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Quiz

1. Which strange ice cream was 130 NT dollars for a scoop?
A: Liver sausage
B: Gold
C: Cheese

2. What does Thomas use for his new ice cream?
A: Noodles
B: Crickets
C: Cookies

3. Why don't some people want to try Thomas' new ice cream?
A: It looks nasty
B: It looks tasty
C: It looks cold

Answers
1. B
2. B
3. A
 

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Water is Life, Water is Food

Today is World Food Day. This year, it's all about water.
今天是世界糧食日。今年的重點是水。

But, wait … we don't eat water, we drink it! Why are we talking about water
on World Food Day?
但……我們不吃水、我們喝水! 為什麼要在世界糧食日講到水呢?

Every living thing on Earth needs water. Animals need it to live. Plants need
water too. They need it to grow and to make their own food.
地球上所有生物都需要水。動植物都需要水才能生長。

Think about all the food you eat. Meat comes from animals. Animals need
water. Fruit and vegetables come from plants. Plants need water too! So
without water, there is no food.
想想看所有吃過的食物。我們吃的肉跟蔬果，都是來自動物跟植物。所以沒有水，我們就沒有食物。
Don't worry. Everyone knows that water isn't REALLY food! It's a drink, …
right?
There's a new street snack in China. It's called "grilled ice" … That's what
I said! Grilled ice!
在中國有個新的路邊小吃，叫烤冰塊，沒有錯! 真的叫做烤冰塊!

The ice is cooked over a hot flame. It's not cooked for long. It doesn't all
melt away! It's cooked with lots of tasty sauces and flavors.
把冰塊放到烤爐上烤，但是不會烤太久，再撒上很多醬料。

It was made as a joke. But people really like it, especially on hot days!
Maybe it's tasty, but we all cannot eat ice! We need water for food, so let's
protect it!
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Vocabulary

水是重要資源，沒有水就沒有生物。

1. grill 火烤
Kevin and Bob are coming tomorrow. 凱文和鮑勃明天來。
So you're planning for dinner? 所以你在計畫晚餐?
Yeah, I'm thinking of grilled pork chops. 對，我想做烤豬排。

2. meat 肉類
That's a lot of meat, don't you think? 好多肉，你不覺得嗎?
They love meat. 他們喜歡吃肉。
You're right. But fruit and vegetables would be
nice.你說得對，不過蔬菜水果也很好。

3. flavor 味道
Okay, then I'll make some apple salad too. 好吧，那我也做個蘋果沙拉。
I'll add a special sauce on it. 加上特別的醬料。
It'll be full of flavors. 會有豐富的滋味。

4. eat 吃
I can't wait to eat it. 我等不及要吃了。

Let's read today's vocabulary together.
grill火烤
meat肉類
flavor味道
eat吃

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Quiz

1. What day is today?
a. World Fruit Day
b. World Food Day
c. World Water Day

2. What is China's new street snack called?
a. Grilled water
b. Grilled ice
c. Grilled plants

3. What does every living thing on Earth need?
a. Meat
b. Vegetables
c. Water

Answers:
1. b
2. b
3. c